`To compensate for Afagddu`s (“dark”) unfortunate appearance, #Ceridwen planned to make her son a great seer, and to this end this fearsome goddess (sometimes called a witch or sorceress) brewed a powerful secret mixture of herbs. Into her cauldron she piled the herbs to simmer for a year and a day—a magical length of time appropriate to such a concoction.
The brew had to be stirred regularly, and Ceridwen was not always on hand to keep the brew mixed. So she set a little boy named #Gwion to stir the cauldron, warning him that he must on no account taste it. Three tiny drops splattered from the cooking pot onto Gwion’s thumb, which he popped in his mouth to ease the burn. Immediately, all the wisdom and inspiration Ceridwen had intended for Afagddu was Gwion’s.`
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`
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#Celtic #MythologyMonday: `#Ceridwen represents the human subconscious as a water goddess. The legend of Ceridwen teaches us that one must dive …
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she piled the herbs to simmer for a year and a day—a magical length of time appropriate to such a concoction. The brew had to be stirred regularly, and Ceridwen was not always on hand to keep the brew mixed. So she set a little boy named #Gwion to stir the cauldron, warning
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`In #Celtic myths eating often leads to pregnancy, and so it was with #Ceridwen, who gave birth to #Gwion and set him adrift on the sea. A nobleman, #Elphin, found the baby floating near shore and took him home, raising him tenderly as his own child, calling him #Taliesin, “radiant brow.” Taliesin grew to be the most eloquent poet in the land, one who could see through the veil to the #Otherworld. Like the Irish poets Amairgin and Tuan Mac Cairill, Taliesin spoke of many incarnations, both human and animal.`
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`
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#Celtic #FairytaleTuesday: #Gwion Bach had transformed himself successively into a hare, a fish and a bird. #Ceridwen pursued him as a black hou…
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From the fish form #Gwion Bach changed into a bird and #Ceridwen pursued him as a sparrowhawk. Now the boy dropped as a wheat grain on a pile of wheat but Ceridwen took the form of a black hen and pecked up the grain of wheat that Gwion had turned into. After 9 months Gwion was reborn. The sorceress did not have the heart to kill her unwanted child and abandoned the little boy in a #Coracle. He survived and became the famous poet #Taliesin.
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`
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#Celtic #FairytaleTuesday: #Ceridwen, the 'Beloved Beautiful', was skilled in magic and divination. For year and day she cooked herbs to make her u…
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commemorating #InternationalWomensDay: `#Ceridwen (Caridwen, Cerridwen, Cariadwen, Keridwen) lived on an island in the middle of Lake Bala (Llyn Tegid) in north #Wales with her mate, Tegid Voel (“the bald”), and their two children, the beautiful Creirwy (“light”) and the ugliest little boy in the world, Afagddu (“dark”). To compensate for his unfortunate appearance, Ceridwen planned to make her son a great seer, and to this end this fearsome goddess (sometimes called a witch or sorceress) brewed a powerful secret mixture of herbs. Into her cauldron she piled the herbs to simmer for a year and a day—a magical length of time appropriate to such a concoction.
The brew had to be stirred regularly, and Ceridwen was not always on hand to keep the brew mixed. So she set a little boy named #Gwion to stir the cauldron, warning him that he must on no account taste it. Three tiny drops splattered from the cooking pot onto Gwion’s thumb, which he popped in his mouth to ease the burn. Immediately, all the wisdom and inspiration Ceridwen had intended for Afagddu was Gwion’s.`
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #folklore
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`#Ceridwen represents the human subconscious as a water goddess. Her legend teaches us that one must dive deep…
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#Celtic #Fairytale: #Ceridwen, the 'Beloved Beautiful', was skilled in magic and divination. For year and day she cooked herbs in order to make her ugly son #Morfran more acceptable by becoming a fortune teller through three drops of it.
However, #Gwion had pushed Morfran aside and was hit by the 3 drops of the potion. He turned into a hare, but the sorceress pursued him in the form of a black hunting dog.
But now #Gwion changed into a fish whereupon the sorceress slipped into the shape of an otter. But from the fish form the boy changed into a bird.
#Ceridwen pursued him as a sparrowhawk. Now the boy dropped as a wheat grain on a pile of wheat.
Finally #Ceridwen took the form of a black hen and pecked up the grain of wheat that #Gwion had turned into. After 9 months #Gwion was reborn. The sorceress did not have the heart to kill her unwanted child and abandoned the little boy in a #Coracle. He survived and became the famous poet #Taliesin.